[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2896 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2896

To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower 
            rights and protections, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2021

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Lankford) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower 
            rights and protections, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy and Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS.

    Section 211 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5851) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``person in'' and inserting ``employer in''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``the person'' and inserting ``the employer'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``the person'' each place 
                        it appears and inserting ``the employer''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the first 
                        sentence, by striking ``such person'' and 
                        inserting ``such employer'';
            (2) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by striking 
        ``a person'' and inserting ``an employer''; and
            (3) in subsection (e)(1), in the first sentence, by 
        striking ``the person'' and inserting ``the employer''.
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